2021; a new year, full of new opportunities, and for many debut authors, full of anticipation ahead of seeing their works reach bookshelves for the very first time. Here at Foyles we have pulled together a selection of the debut books we are most excited by, that are being published during the first quarter of 2021. Covering fiction, non-fiction and children's publishing, there is a lot here to look forward to, with some titles just reaching our shelves now, some with a little longer to wait....but pre-order now for swift delivery as soon publication date arrives!
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Robert Jones Jr.
With lyricism reminiscent of Toni Morrison and James Baldwin, Robert Jones Jr. tells an unflinching story of forbidden love between two enslaved men in Mississippi whose relationship threatens all around...
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Kate Greene
A powerful reflection on life in isolation, in pursuit of the dream of Mars, a story of space and life, of the slippage between dreams and reality, of bodies in...
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Ashley Audrain
The Push is an unsettling, breathtaking and powerful read about obsession and our deepest fears that will stay with you long after you turn the final page.
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Torrey Peters
Reese nearly had it all: a loving relationship with Amy, an apartment in New York, a job she didn't hate. She'd scraped together a life previous generations of trans women...
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Milo Beckman
Math Without Numbers makes human and understandable the elevated and hypothetical, allowing us to clearly see abstract math for what it is: bizarre, beautiful, and head-scratchingly wonderful.
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Nadia Owusu
Nadia Owusu's astonishingly moving and incredibly timely memoir is a nuanced portrait of globalisation from the inside in a fractured world in crisis.
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BB Alston
Amari Peters knows three things. Her big brother Quinton has gone missing. No one will talk about it. His mysterious job holds the secret. So when Amari gets an invitation...
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Allie Reynolds
A spectacular debut thriller set in the uniquely dangerous world of high-stakes, professional snowboarding.
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Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu
An unfettered call to anti-racist action by the activist, political commentator and public speaker, Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu.
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Vitor Martins
The ultimate feel-good YA romance which celebrates body positivity, self-acceptance and standing up to bullying and homophobia. Perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell and Heartstopper.
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Raven Leilani
Razor-sharp, provocatively page-turning and surprisingly tender, Luster is a painfully funny coming-of-age story told by a fresh new voice.
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Cat Weldon; Katie Kear
A hilarious high-stakes fantasy adventure about friendship and bravery set in the world of the Norse Gods for fans of How to Train Your Dragon from debut author Cat Weldon.
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Hafsa Zayyan
Moving between two continents over a troubled century, We Are All Birds of Uganda is an immensely resonant novel that explores racial tensions, generational divides and what it means to...
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Selina Flavius
Guide to personal finance by Selina Flavius, the founder of the coaching platform Black Girl Finance.
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Megha Majumdar
An electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.
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Cherie Jones
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House is a powerful, heart-wrenching novel of a troubled island, of three marriages, and of the women who live, love and fight to survive.
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Ruth Coker Burks
All The Young Men is a gripping and triumphant tale of human compassion, telling the true story of a young single mother who finds herself driven to the forefront of...
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Tim Glister
It's 1961 and the white heat of the Space Race is making the Cold War even colder.
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Una Mannion
A dark, gripping drama of family secrets and sisterly love, Mannion’s searing debut begins with a mother abandoning her daughter at the roadside then rapidly ratchets up the tension and...
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Peter Carnavas;
A large grey elephant is following Olive's father around. It leaves with him for work and is still trailing behind him when he comes home again, keeping him heavy and...
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Inga Vesper
And at some point during the long, long afternoon, Joyce Haney vanishes from her home.
Ruby Wright arrives for work at Sunnylakes that day expecting the usual: chores she despises; .
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Lauren Oyler
A wry, provocative and very funny debut novel about identity, authenticity and the self in the age of the internet
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Emily M. Danforth
'Brimming from start to finish with sly humour and gothic mischief' SARAH WATERS
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Georgina Lawton
A stunning family memoir by journalist Georgina Lawton, exploring race, identity and the devasting effect of long-held secrets on a happy family.
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Caleb Azumah Nelson
Open Water asks what it means to be a person in a world that sees you only as a Black body, to be vulnerable when you are only respected for...
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Helen Fisher
Beautifully nostalgic and incredibly moving, Space Hopper is an uplifting debut about mothers and daughters, time and faith, and deciding when, and how, to let go of the past.
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Veronica O'Keane
A leading psychiatrist shows how the mysteries of the brain are illuminated at the extremes of human experience
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Namina Forna
In this West African-inspired world, girls are outcasts by blood and warriors by choice, perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Black Panther.
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Jessica Gaitan Johannesson
How We Are Translated gets at the heart of how language holds us, tears at us, and can bring us close in spite of, or because of, its inevitable imperfections
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Nadine Matheson
There's a serial killer on the loose. The race is on before more bodies are found. Will it take a killer to catch the killer?
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Neema Shah
Set in Uganda in 1972, an extraordinarily moving debut that tells the story of one family's escape, when Amin forces them to leave: a story of loss and separation, but...
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Phoebe Wynne
Madam is a darkly feminist tale with an electrifying cast of heroines you won't soon forget, perfect for fans of Margaret Atwood and Madeline Miller
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Lizzie Fry
Women are not the enemy. We must protect them from themselves, just as much as we must protect ourselves. Imagine a world in which witchcraft is real. In which mothers...
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Jeremy Atherton Lin
Gay Bar is a sparkling, richly individual history of the gay bars of London, San Francisco and Los Angeles, focusing on the post-AIDs crisis years of the 1990s to the...
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Hope Adams
Based on a real-life voyage, Dangerous Women is a sweeping tale of confinement, hope and the terrible things we do to survive.
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Emma Stonex
Inspired by real events, The Lamplighters is an intoxicating and suspenseful mystery, an unforgettable story of love and grief that explores the way our fears blur the line between the...
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Danielle Evans
Sharp and funny, brilliant and prescient: a new collection of short stories that offer a dazzling insight into the subjects of race, grief, apology, and American history.
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Oana Aristide
A road trip beneath clear blue skies and a blazing sun: a reclusive artist is forced to abandon his home and follow two young sisters across a post-pandemic Europe in...
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Karla Neblett
'A brilliant debut; vivid and compelling.' JENNI FAGAN
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Kai lives in a mixed-race family on a rural council estate ...
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Buki Papillon
An Ordinary Wonder is a powerful coming-of-age story that explores complex desires as well as challenges of family, identity, gender and culture, and what it means to feel whole.
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